Figure 9.
Altered ceramide composition of 12R-LOX−/− epidermis. Free and ester-linked epidermal lipids were extracted and separated using TLC. Ceramides are classified as suggested in previous works (Motta et al., 1993; Robson et al., 1994). B1–5 are lipids extracted after alkaline hydrolysis, most likely ester-linked epidermal lipids. (A) A representative TLC analysis of lipids extracted from wild-type and knockout epidermis. (B) Individual lipid levels quantified by densitometric analysis. Data are presented as the mean ± the SEM. n = 3. *, P < 0.01. Shown is one of two independent experiments with similar results.